Global Homicide Rates

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Murder is always a mistake, One should never do anything that one cannot talk about after dinner…
— Oscar Wilde

Load the data

Homicides are falling around the world, 1995-2015

# Load data
df <- read_csv("archetypes/global-homicide-rates/homicides-falling.csv", col_names=TRUE)
df

Plot

Eastern Europe in particular has seen steep drops, by as much as 75%

theme_opts <- theme(
    text = element_text(family = "inconsolata", size = 16), 
    plot.title = element_text(color = "black", size = 16, face = "bold"),
    plot.subtitle = element_text(color = "black", size = 12),
    plot.caption = element_text(color = "#555555", size = 10),
    axis.text.x = element_text(angle=90, hjust=1, vjust=0.2),
    axis.text.y = element_blank(),
    axis.ticks.y = element_blank(),
    panel.grid.major = element_blank(),
    panel.background = element_rect(fill = alpha("#1db4b3", 0.4))
)

v1 <- ggplot(df, aes(x=country, y=change)) +
  geom_bar(stat="identity", width=0.6, fill="white", alpha=0.8) +
  geom_point(shape=25, fill="white", color="white", alpha=0.7, size=2.1) +
  geom_text(aes(y = (change - 0.05), label = paste(change * 100, "%")), hjust = 0.0, angle=90, size=3, family = "inconsolata") +
  labs(title="Homicides Are Falling Around the World",
       subtitle="% decrease 1995-2015",
       caption="Source: World Bank",
       x = NULL, y = NULL) +
  theme_minimal() +
  theme_opts

girafe(ggobj = v1, width_svg = 1280/72, height_svg = 720/72,
      options = list(opts_sizing(rescale = TRUE, width = 1.0)))

References

The citations and data sources used for this case

Narrative sources: Homicides Are Falling Around the World, GO